AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT desktop graphics card review with 12 GB VRAM for less than 500 Euros
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At this point, AMD has completed its graphics card line up based on the RDNA 3 architecture, and we are now taking a closer look at the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. Since AMD doesn't offer its own graphics cards of the Radeon RX 7700 XT, we are testing a model from Sapphire in this review. The Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT represents all the RX 7700 XT models, which only show minor differences in terms of their performance. As the successor of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and the later AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is also a graphics card that was developed for 1,440p gaming. With 12 GB of VRAM, AMD remains faithful to this line, since the predecessors were also equipped with 12-GB of VRAM. Due to its price, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT competes against Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4060 Ti models, which are available with 8 or 16 GB of VRAM and we also had on our test bench in recent weeks.
As graphics chip, the Navi 32 with 3,456 shader units is used. With 12 GB of VRAM, AMD finds a good compromise between 8 and 16 GB, although 16 GB would be more reassuring in 1,440p. The new chiplet design is also used here, and in addition to the GCD with 200 mm², there are also three MCDs with 36.6 mm² each. The VRAM is connected via the MCDs, resulting in a storage connection of 192 bits. In terms of the power supply, Sapphire takes the conventional route and has equipped our test unit with two 6+2 pin PCIe power connections.
In terms of the external connections, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT uses very modern equipment. You can run up to four displays simultaneously that can be connected via HDMI (2.1a) or DisplayPort (2.1) of which there are two connections each. AMD sets an example here, offering the DisplayPort 2.1 connection with all of its RX 7000 graphics cards. In contrast, the Nvidia graphics cards only support DisplayPort 1.4.
Information on our Test System
Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT in Detail
Comparison of the Radeon AMD GPUs
Specifications | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Radeon RX 7900 XT | Radeon RX 7900 GRE | Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 7700 XT | Radeon RX 7600 | Radeon RX 6800 XT | Radeon RX 6800 |
GPU | Navi 31 XTX | Navi 31 XT | Navi 31 XT | Navi 32 XT | Navi 32 XL | Navi 33 XL | Navi 21 XL | Navi 21 XL |
Manufacturing Process | 5/6 nm | 5/6 nm | 5/6 nm | 5/6 nm | 5/6 nm | 6 nm | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Compute Units | 96 | 84 | 80 | >60 | 54 | 32 | 72 | 60 |
Shading Units | 6,144 | 5,376 | 5,120 | 3,840 | 3,456 | 2,048 | 4,608 | 3,840 |
Texture Mapping Units | 384 | 336 | 320 | 240 | 216 | 128 | 288 | 240 |
Ray Accelerators | 96 | 84 | 80 | 60 | 54 | 32 | 72 | 60 |
Base Clock | 2,270 MHz | 2,000 MHz | 1,880 MHz | 1,295 MHz | 1,700 MHz | 1,720 MHz | 1,825 MHz | 1,700 MHz |
Game Clock | 2,300 MHz | 2,000 MHz | 1,880 MHz | 2,124 MHz | 2,171 MHz | 2,250 MHz | 2,015 MHz | 1,815 MHz |
Boost Clock | 2,500 MHz | 2,400 MHz | 2,245 MHz | 2,430 MHz | 2,544 MHz | 2,655 MHz | 2,250 MHz | 2,105 MHz |
Infinity Cache | 96 MB | 80 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB | 48 MB | 32 MB | 128 MB | 128 MB |
Memory Bus Width | 384 bit | 320 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 128 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 800 GB/s | 576 GB/s | 620.8 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
Memory Size | 24 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB | 8 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
TBP | 355 W | 315 W | 260 W | 263 W | 245 W | 165 W | 300 W | 250 W |
Clock Speeds of the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Since AMD doesn't offer an MBA model (made by AMD) for the Radeon RX 7700 XT, all the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT cards are offered by the known graphics card manufacturers. At the same time, AMD still specifies reference clock speeds the manufacturers orient on, and those are also the basic clock speeds of the GPUs. In terms of numbers, this means that the graphics chip has a basic clock speed of 2,171 MHz which can be increased to up to 2,544 MHz in boost mode. For the video memory, we see 2,250 MHz, which together with the storage interface (192 bit) results in a storage bandwidth of 432 GB/s. With this, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT directly follows the specifications by AMD. In addition, with the Nitro+ Radeon RX 7700 XT, Sapphire also offers a model in its portfolio that has been overclocked by the manufacturer.
Synthetic Benchmarks
As usual, we begin our tests by taking a look at the synthetic benchmark results. The Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is able to place 14% ahead of an AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT here. On the other hand, we also see that an AMD Radeon RX 6800 is able to bring a higher performance. Comparing it to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is able to prevail easily, and our test unit is able to surpass the RTX 4060 Ti's performance by 18 percentage points. However, our Sapphire test unit is unable to keep up with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
Performance Rating - Percent | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 |
Unigine Heaven 4.0 | |
Extreme Preset DX11 | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 | |
Extreme Preset OpenGL | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super |
Unigine Valley 1.0 | |
1920x1080 Extreme HD DirectX AA:x8 | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 | |
1920x1080 Extreme HD Preset OpenGL AA:x8 | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 |
3DMark 11 | |
1280x720 Performance GPU | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
1280x720 Performance | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 |
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit | |
Room GPUs-only | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
Sala GPUs-only | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
Photoshop PugetBench | |
GPU Score | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
Overall Score | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti |
Premiere Pro PugetBench | |
GPU 0.9 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
Overall Score 0.9 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
Affinity Photo 2 - Combined (Single / Multi GPU) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | |
AMD Radeon RX 7600 | |
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
3DMark 06 Standard Score | 65983 points | |
3DMark Vantage P Result | 126733 points | |
3DMark 11 Performance | 45241 points | |
3DMark Ice Storm Standard Score | 269333 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 80883 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 38758 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Score | 20340 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 16454 points | |
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Professional Applications
Professional applications are specially adjusted programs that in combination with optimized drivers are able to get the maximum performance from the graphics accelerators. AMD and Nvidia have specific workstation graphics cards in their portfolio for this. The consumer graphics cards can offer an affordable alternative here, although the support of the workstation GPUs is again significantly better. In the render tests, the AMD graphics card does fairly well, though, and Nvidia doesn't have anything to offer in comparison here. In the direct comparison, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT places a small distance behind the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 7600 R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 6800 R9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT R9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 R9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8G R9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 R9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti R9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 R9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 R9 7950X | Average of class | |
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SPECviewperf 12 | -22% | 14% | 22% | 48% | 65% | 18% | -9% | -53% | -45% | -29% | -14% | 0% | 8% | -61% | |
1900x1060 3ds Max (3dsmax-05) | 373 | 279 -25% | 427 14% | 444 19% | 502 35% | 553 48% | 424 14% | 418 12% | 251 -33% | 286 -23% | 382 2% | 436 17% | 502 35% | 571 53% | 192.3 ? -48% |
1900x1060 Catia (catia-04) | 351 | 273 -22% | 386 10% | 448 28% | 481 37% | 536 53% | 396 13% | 368 5% | 113 -68% | 128 -64% | 161 -54% | 192 -45% | 221 -37% | 257 -27% | 105.6 ? -70% |
1900x1060 Creo (creo-01) | 123 | 115 -7% | 148 20% | 155 26% | 176 43% | 187 52% | 160 30% | 163 33% | 60.6 -51% | 74.3 -40% | 89.1 -28% | 99.4 -19% | 110 -11% | 115 -7% | 64.5 ? -48% |
1900x1060 Energy (energy-01) | 33.4 | 25.5 -24% | 38.4 15% | 40.3 21% | 72.4 117% | 85.2 155% | 48.4 45% | 34.3 3% | 15.9 -52% | 22.8 -32% | 31.7 -5% | 48 44% | 58.8 76% | 54.7 64% | 15.2 ? -54% |
1900x1060 Maya (maya-04) | 283 | 236 -17% | 304 7% | 323 14% | 347 23% | 367 30% | 304 7% | 195 -31% | 233 -18% | 252 -11% | 284 0% | 287 1% | 309 9% | 317 12% | 109.5 ? -61% |
1900x1060 Medical (medical-01) | 177 | 128 -28% | 200 13% | 226 28% | 288 63% | 347 96% | 188 6% | 95.2 -46% | 82.4 -53% | 107 -40% | 132 -25% | 157 -11% | 171 -3% | 119 -33% | 53.2 ? -70% |
1900x1060 Showcase (showcase-01) | 179 | 127 -29% | 235 31% | 222 24% | 278 55% | 322 80% | 229 28% | 264 47% | 109 -39% | 122 -32% | 190 6% | 244 36% | 333 86% | 457 155% | 95.8 ? -46% |
1900x1060 Siemens NX (snx-02) | 268 | 210 -22% | 280 4% | 341 27% | 373 39% | 400 49% | 296 10% | 56.4 -79% | 14.2 -95% | 14.5 -95% | 16.4 -94% | 19 -93% | 21.6 -92% | 27.1 -90% | 58.6 ? -78% |
1900x1060 Solidworks (sw-03) | 288 | 221 -23% | 322 12% | 319 11% | 342 19% | 360 25% | 315 9% | 218 -24% | 91.2 -68% | 94.8 -67% | 109 -62% | 118 -59% | 113 -61% | 126 -56% | 86.2 ? -70% |
SPECviewperf 13 | -26% | 15% | 22% | 31% | 47% | 5% | -9% | -56% | -48% | -33% | -20% | -4% | 14% | -57% | |
3ds Max (3dsmax-06) | 371 | 280 -25% | 434 17% | 439 18% | 506 36% | 564 52% | 424 14% | 416 12% | 252 -32% | 286 -23% | 381 3% | 433 17% | 497 34% | 563 52% | 184.7 ? -50% |
Catia (catia-05) | 529 | 410 -22% | 588 11% | 661 25% | 728 38% | 825 56% | 616 16% | 588 11% | 163 -69% | 187 -65% | 241 -54% | 290 -45% | 340 -36% | 402 -24% | 198.2 ? -63% |
Creo (creo-02) | 387 | 294 -24% | 442 14% | 470 21% | 567 47% | 613 58% | 431 11% | 374 -3% | 230 -41% | 298 -23% | 375 -3% | 455 18% | 529 37% | 552 43% | 203 ? -48% |
Energy (energy-02) | 115 | 82.9 -28% | 139 21% | 150 30% | 147 28% | 187 63% | 93.6 -19% | 60.8 -47% | 34.6 -70% | 45.3 -61% | 54.2 -53% | 72.8 -37% | 92.6 -19% | 126 10% | 35.7 ? -69% |
Maya (maya-05) | 487 | 333 -32% | 548 13% | 580 19% | 670 38% | 735 51% | 544 12% | 460 -6% | 343 -30% | 395 -19% | 510 5% | 591 21% | 678 39% | 715 47% | 263 ? -46% |
Medical (medical-02) | 300 | 226 -25% | 332 11% | 372 24% | 237 -21% | 263 -12% | 166 -45% | 76.5 -74% | 92 -69% | 112 -63% | 132 -56% | 150 -50% | 186 -38% | 77.3 ? -74% | |
Showcase (showcase-02) | 179 | 127 -29% | 234 31% | 221 23% | 279 56% | 323 80% | 230 28% | 264 47% | 108 -40% | 121 -32% | 191 7% | 244 36% | 334 87% | 455 154% | 117.9 ? -34% |
Siemens NX (snx-03) | 486 | 379 -22% | 506 4% | 617 27% | 675 39% | 725 49% | 537 10% | 101 -79% | 25.6 -95% | 26.3 -95% | 29.5 -94% | 34.1 -93% | 39 -92% | 49.1 -90% | 128.9 ? -73% |
Solidworks (sw-04) | 265 | 195 -26% | 294 11% | 287 8% | 307 16% | 323 22% | 304 15% | 254 -4% | 127 -52% | 135 -49% | 157 -41% | 168 -37% | 179 -32% | 186 -30% | 120.6 ? -54% |
SPECviewperf 2020 | -27% | 14% | 29% | 29% | 49% | 3% | -20% | -56% | -49% | -31% | -17% | -2% | 23% | -46% | |
3840x2160 Siemens NX (snx-04) | 312 | 240 -23% | 333 7% | 402 29% | 476 53% | 514 65% | 330 6% | 98.4 -68% | 19.5 -94% | 20.1 -94% | 23.9 -92% | 27.5 -91% | 31.9 -90% | 41.3 -87% | 87.8 ? -72% |
3840x2160 Medical (medical-03) | 56.2 | 36.1 -36% | 63.7 13% | 76.1 35% | 53.9 -4% | 62.3 11% | 36.4 -35% | 35 -38% | 13.7 -76% | 17.5 -69% | 22.2 -60% | 26.9 -52% | 32.2 -43% | 45.9 -18% | 20 ? -64% |
3840x2160 Maya (maya-06) | 261 | 178 -32% | 346 33% | 401 54% | 481 84% | 331 27% | 315 21% | 196 -25% | 226 -13% | 305 17% | 372 43% | 447 71% | 498 91% | 202 ? -23% | |
3840x2160 Energy (energy-03) | 95 | 67 -29% | 111 17% | 133 40% | 99.6 5% | 129 36% | 113 19% | 69.3 -27% | 33.2 -65% | 44.8 -53% | 57.6 -39% | 75.7 -20% | 90.4 -5% | 141 48% | 48.7 ? -49% |
3840x2160 Creo (creo-03) | 130 | 106 -18% | 151 16% | 159 22% | 173 33% | 187 44% | 136 5% | 92.4 -29% | 85.9 -34% | 95.8 -26% | 112 -14% | 121 -7% | 128 -2% | 133 2% | 75.3 ? -42% |
3840x2160 CATIA (catia-06) | 88.8 | 68 -23% | 101 14% | 107 20% | 113 27% | 127 43% | 92.2 4% | 59.7 -33% | 34 -62% | 39.1 -56% | 51.6 -42% | 61.2 -31% | 75.5 -15% | 95.3 7% | 45.8 ? -48% |
3840x2160 3ds Max (3dsmax-07) | 106 | 72.9 -31% | 125 18% | 134 26% | 143 35% | 167 58% | 102 -4% | 140 32% | 67.4 -36% | 74.5 -30% | 122 15% | 147 39% | 179 69% | 228 115% | 77.6 ? -27% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -25% /
-25% | 14% /
14% | 24% /
24% | 36% /
36% | 54% /
54% | 9% /
9% | -13% /
-12% | -55% /
-55% | -47% /
-47% | -31% /
-31% | -17% /
-17% | -2% /
-2% | 15% /
14% | -55% /
-55% |
Gaming Performance
In the synthetic tests, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has a hard time to keep up with the AMD Radeon RX 6800. However, in the games we test here, we also see the gap becoming significantly smaller, and often the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is the noticeably faster model. Our test unit has a good advantage to the 16-GB model of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, and at more than 20%, the performance advantage of the Radeon RX 7700 XT is significant. On the other hand, the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is unable to reach the performance of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070.
AMD itself sees the Radeon RX 7700 XT as a graphics card for 1,440p gaming. While this is possible as you can see when looking at the table with all the tested games, you have to be content with average framerates below 60 fps at maximum detail settings. Those who have a problem with this have to reduce the details or choose the faster AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Our test unit is fairly well equipped with the 12 GB of VRAM. However, we also saw in our test of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti that with 8 GB, there can already be a problem in 1,080p. The 16 GB model is now able to shine with significantly better P1 values, allowing for a smoother gaming experience. We do not see any conspicuous behavior of the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT in terms of the P1 values.
F1 2021 | |
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset + Raytracing AA:T AF:16x | |
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4080 SG (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (874931) | |
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio (874931) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 (874931) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT (874931) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX (874931) | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX, 16GB GDDR6 (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (874931) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6750 XT (874931) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE (874931) | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition (874931) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (874931) | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT (874931) | |
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (874931) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (874931) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 (874931) | |
1920x1080 Ultra High Preset + Raytracing AA:T AF:16x | |
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4080 SG (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (874931) | |
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio (874931) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX, 16GB GDDR6 (874931) | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 (874931) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT (874931) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX (874931) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (874931) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6750 XT (874931) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE (874931) | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition (874931) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (874931) | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT (874931) | |
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (874931) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (874931) | |
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (874931) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 (874931) |
F1 22 | |
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (923662) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4080 SG (939134) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (939134) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (939134) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition (923650) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (959964) | |
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio (939134) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer (959964) | |
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (928484) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (959964) | |
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (928484) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG (939134) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT (959964) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX (923650) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX, 16GB GDDR6 (959964) | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 (928484) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE (923650) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6750 XT (959964) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X (959964) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (923662) | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition (959964) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (923662) | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT (946728) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 (946728) | |
1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4080 SG (939134) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (939134) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer (959964) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition (923650) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (939134) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (959964) | |
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio (939134) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (959964) | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (959964) | |
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (928484) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG (939134) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT (959964) | |
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (928484) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX (923650) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX, 16GB GDDR6 (959964) | |
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC (959964) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE (923650) | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6750 XT (959964) | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 4060 1-Click-OC 2X (959964) | |
XFX Speedster QICK 308 Radeon RX 7600 Black Edition (959964) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (923662) | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (923662) | |
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT (946728) | |
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 (946728) |